School Performance Reports: How Many Grads Pursue College Degrees?

New Jersey tracks how many of our students enroll in higher-education institutions – and stay for at least a full year of classes

One part of the state’s new School Performance Reports looks at a longer-term question: How many of New Jersey’s high-school graduates move on to higher-education institutions -- and how many stay there?
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The latest report compiles data for the Class of 2013, now more than a year out of high school, and breaks it down by two- and four-year schools, as well as by other categories including race.

The range is varies widely, from virtually all of the graduates of the state’s selective county academies moving on to pursue higher education to only about one-third of high-school graduates heading to college from some of New Jersey’s poorer cities.